Sine
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Sine was a precolonial Serer kingdom in what is now Senegal, known for its rich Serer culture, religious traditions, and resistance to Islamic and later French expansion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sine canonical | 5 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Serer kingdom
ⓘ
precolonial kingdom ⓘ |
| capital | Diakhao ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Petite Côte ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ regional trade ⓘ salt extraction ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Serer people ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPractice |
Serer initiation rites
ⓘ
Serer pangool veneration ⓘ Serer rainmaking rituals ⓘ Serer royal funerary rites ⓘ |
| hasDynasty | Gelwaar dynasty ⓘ |
| hasEthnonym |
Serer
ⓘ
surface form:
Serer of Sine
|
| hasSocialInstitution |
Serer laman class
ⓘ
council of nobles ⓘ religious saltigues (Serer priest-diviners) ⓘ |
| hasSymbol | Serer royal regalia ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
early modern period
ⓘ
precolonial period ⓘ |
| knownFor |
maritime trade along the Petite Côte
ⓘ
preservation of Serer culture ⓘ resistance to French colonial expansion ⓘ resistance to Islamization ⓘ salt and grain production ⓘ strong Serer religious institutions ⓘ |
| language | Serer-Sine language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Senegal
ⓘ
Senegambia ⓘ |
| maintained | indigenous Serer religious hierarchy ⓘ |
| neighboringEntity |
Kingdom of Baol
ⓘ
Jolof Kingdoms ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Jolof
Kingdom of Saloum ⓘ |
| partOf |
Serer country
ⓘ
Serer kingdoms of Sine and Saloum ⓘ |
| politicalStructure | centralized monarchy with provincial chiefs ⓘ |
| religion |
Roog-centric cosmology
ⓘ
Serer ancestral cults ⓘ Serer religion ⓘ |
| resisted |
19th-century Muslim marabout states
ⓘ
French colonial conquest ⓘ Islamic jihads in Senegambia ⓘ |
| rulerTitle | Maad a Sinig ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.